CVE-2019-18886
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Symfony 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 and 4.3.0 to 4.3.7. The ability to enumerate users was possible due to different handling depending on whether the user existed when making unauthorized attempts to use the switch users functionality. This is related to symfony/security.
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-4vpc-5jx4-cfqgUser enumeration leak using switch user functionality in Symfony2019-12-02ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Symfony 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 and 4.3.0 to 4.3.7. The ability to enumerate users was possible due to different handling depending on whether the user existed when making unauthorized attempts to use the switch users functionality. This is related to symfony/security.
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00019.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18886cnnvd
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2019-18886-prevent-user-enumeration-using-switch-user-functionalitycnnvd
- https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-3-8-releasedcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Symfony-information-disclosure-via-Switch-User-Enumeration-30862cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.4375/cnnvd
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v4.3.8enisa_euvd
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